Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 Laptop: i5 3230M 2.6GHz CPU, 6GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, Dual NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI, 15.6" LCD (1920x1080), Backlit Keyboard, WiFi N, 6 Cell, Win 8 $900 + Free ship

Quote from waveofdestiny : What would be better for laptop gaming? SLI 650M or a single 675M?

675M. SLI is usually only a 30% performance increase compared to having a single card.

Quote from link626 : what a letdown. i thought this was core i7. you should put Core i5 in the title. I can't tell what it is even by hovering over the link preview.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6834312439
I7 version

Quote from QuickStriker : Battery life is only 3 hours....

because it makes sense for a dual SLI GT650m to last longer than 3 hours weighing at under 6 and a half pounds.

I wonder how it does it compare to m14x i7 q3610, gtx560m?

cheap one doesn't mean good stuff, how about Lenovo quality ? any one pls

If I were to buy this (and I am very tempted), I would replace the hard drive with a SSD. Does anyone know how much I could get for the 1TB 2.5" HDD?

Quote from STi : I wonder how it does it compare to m14x i7 q3610, gtx560m?

beats it

Saw on some other forums that installing an SSD on this system (minus the SLI) had problems. So just tread carefully.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobi...844.0.html

This is a tempting deal, I've been looking at the y580 with the 660m for some time at around the $900 price point but didn't feel that was enough gpu. Notebookcheck has the 650m SLI benchmarked just above the 670mx and just below the Radeon 6970.

Quote from chihuahua8383 : cheap one doesn't mean good stuff, how about Lenovo quality ? any one pls

I have no experience with this particular model, but we use Lenovo Thinkpads exclusively at work and don't have too many issues (so long as you're using Windows). Linux is a bit sketchy on them, especially if you have a system with the Intel/nVidia switchable graphics.

I bought my father in law a Lenovo Ideapad a couple of years ago for xmas, and it's still going strong. He's not a power user by any stretch, but he does use it regularly.

I would never order direct from Lenovo though, they have a bad rep for customer service (at least on the ordering and fulfillment side of things). Buying them through a reputable 3rd party like NewEgg should be fine.

Quote from SungSwiftKim : beats it

since it has SLI card obviously will beat it. But my real question was do newer games benefit from SLI? when it comes to games i5 vs i7?

I just got m14x r2 and saw this deal. I love the portability of alienware but the 15.6" is not bad either.

Quote from STi : since it has SLI card obviously will beat it. But my real question was do newer games benefit from SLI? when it comes to games i5 vs i7? I just got m14x r2 and saw this deal. I love the portability of alienware but the 15.6" is not bad either.

theres a quad core version if it really matters and alot of games nowadays support sli and alienware is not portable compare to this. dual core vs quad core only matters in games that support 3 cores or more

1GB Hard Drive

You mean TB right?

Quote from mxhoang : If I were to buy this (and I am very tempted), I would replace the hard drive with a SSD. Does anyone know how much I could get for the 1TB 2.5" HDD?

I bought a similar model, the 580, and I bought a new SSD... I had so many problems trying to get the OS over I just ended up using a different Windows 7 key. I'd advise against it if you want to use the OS that comes with it.